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the largest bankruptcy in the history of a local government in the united states. >> did wall street really take jefferson county for a ride here? >> i leave they did. >> a federal criminal investigation of the sewer deal found that was the case. but wall street got a number of help from a number of people with their hands out. >> we had 21 people that either plead guilty or went to prison. commissioners, employees and contractors. >> that included former commissioner and birmingham mayor larry langford. sentenced to 15 years for accepting thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from one of the bankers. former commissioner gary white. ten years for accepting bribes from an engineering company that worked on the sewer lines. mary buckaloo probangs after lying to the grand jury. chris mcnair serving five years for bribery and conspiracy to solicit bonds. bond underwriter jp morgan settled with the sec, paying the county $25 million and the sec and a. the bank alleged to have bribed friends of jefferson county commissioners. >> there was definitely malfeasance in the whole use of the swa
the largest bankruptcy in the history of a local government in the united states. >> did wall street really take jefferson county for a ride here? >> i leave they did. >> a federal criminal investigation of the sewer deal found that was the case. but wall street got a number of help from a number of people with their hands out. >> we had 21 people that either plead guilty or went to prison. commissioners, employees and contractors. >> that included former...
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the cigar industry just in the united states is is possible for about 85,000 jobs, and with this new impending fda regulation when the fda is looking to regulate something they know nothing about, we're looking at absolutely destroying all these jobs and an industry that is really -- john: what does the fda wants to do, and how would that destroy jobs? >> regulate all tobacco and unfortunately cigar's happen to be the unintended consequences. you have, for example, this is a blunt. it's called a cigar because right now the definition of a premium cigar is very broad which includes products like this, which is just a tobacco leaf like this that comes in a plastic tube like this and you just unwrap it and guess what you fill it with, marijuana. they are after products like these. unfortunately we fall in the same category because the definition is too broad. the we have done is introduce legislation to narrow the definition of what a premium cigar is. it has to be all natural tobacco , exxon of pounds per thousand. we have right now 160 co-sponsors in the house supporting this legislat
the cigar industry just in the united states is is possible for about 85,000 jobs, and with this new impending fda regulation when the fda is looking to regulate something they know nothing about, we're looking at absolutely destroying all these jobs and an industry that is really -- john: what does the fda wants to do, and how would that destroy jobs? >> regulate all tobacco and unfortunately cigar's happen to be the unintended consequences. you have, for example, this is a blunt. it's...
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leaving the united states senate to judge whether the charges were true. on february 6, 1999, the young woman at center of the president's problems finally takes the witness stand. >> i thought to myself i knew i would deknee the relationship. >> if you believe her you will see this morning how the president wove a web of perjury and obstruction of justice. >> i believe that the president did something you can always say you were coming to see betty or bringing me papers. >> geraldo: the president's lawyers argued that there is no clear evidence that he ever did anything illegal. the senate agrees. acquitting the president on all charges. >> i'm not ashamed of the fact that they impeached me. that was their decision, not mine. and it was wrong. >> geraldo: i agre agree it was wrong. married men lie about things like getting oral sex from interns. it has happened countless men, countless times. and the president was being judged by people whose hands were as dirty as his own in their own various nefarious affairs, some of them at least. joining us now is je
leaving the united states senate to judge whether the charges were true. on february 6, 1999, the young woman at center of the president's problems finally takes the witness stand. >> i thought to myself i knew i would deknee the relationship. >> if you believe her you will see this morning how the president wove a web of perjury and obstruction of justice. >> i believe that the president did something you can always say you were coming to see betty or bringing me papers....
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. >> make no mistake, the united states will hunt down and and ph those responsible for these cowardly acts. >> by the time that the president had gotten off air force base, nobody was going to tell the president that he couldn't come back. the first thing he said on the teleconference was, i'm coming back tonight. >> the city of new york and the united states of america is much stronger than any group ofbar baric terrorists, that our democracy, that our rule of law and our strength and willingness to defend ourselves will ultimately prevail. >> today was supposed to be an election day, at least a primary runoff day in manhattan, for those who would succeed the mayor. that has been cancelled. >> the hardest thing i have ever had to do to try to maintain composure. i am not trying to sound macho, but i figured if i break down and cry -- which i was very close to doing a couple of times that day, it is not going to help anybody at home process the information that we are trying to bring them. so i just -- i said a little silent prayer and just tried to keep going. >> i hate to wonder how
. >> make no mistake, the united states will hunt down and and ph those responsible for these cowardly acts. >> by the time that the president had gotten off air force base, nobody was going to tell the president that he couldn't come back. the first thing he said on the teleconference was, i'm coming back tonight. >> the city of new york and the united states of america is much stronger than any group ofbar baric terrorists, that our democracy, that our rule of law and our...
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>> it appears to be because the president of the united states is the woman person yet to acknowledge it was a terrorist -- is the only person to acknowledge it was a terrorist attack. why he will not do it i do not know. >> geraldo: what details would you like from senator clinton, i mean secretary of state clinton? >> we would like to see any communications from chris stevens or any other member of the embassy or consulate in libya leading up to the days of the attack on 9/11 if in fact the information in the diary is correct it has been reported, i cannot believe that they did not have earlier warning that this attack was going to take place. shoe so you are not going to wait for the fbi then, senator? >> no. and i'm a signatory on the letter. i wanted to make this clear, geraldo. we voted in the committee on the 18th of september to send the letter. it was not sent until the 27th. between the 18th and 27th the information came out about the diary that is when senator corker of tennessee and myself sent the letter asking for the communiques. we believe if chris stevens' diary is co
>> it appears to be because the president of the united states is the woman person yet to acknowledge it was a terrorist -- is the only person to acknowledge it was a terrorist attack. why he will not do it i do not know. >> geraldo: what details would you like from senator clinton, i mean secretary of state clinton? >> we would like to see any communications from chris stevens or any other member of the embassy or consulate in libya leading up to the days of the attack on...